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16 August 2026

By Chris Mills

MORPETH TOWN 0 MATLOCK TOWN 2
SECOND-HALF goals from Jed Abbey and Brandon Bradbury secured all three-points for a Matlock Town.
Luke James struck a post, on the half-hour mark, before Adam Lennox headed straight at Marcus Dewhurst in the Matlock goal. Jeff Henderson could only find the side-netting from a late first-half corner.
Abbey stepped up to send the keeper the wrong way from the spot, after Tom Elliott was tripped. Morpeth continue their wait for a first three-point haul of the campaign, after Will Dowling scuffed a crucial chance wide, when he was well-pla...

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